Jingo time
204 videos • 8 views • by danradu leaf The phrase Jingo became part of the political vocabulary of English language in 1878 when, during the Russo-Turkish war was a feeling that Britain might intervene on behalf of the Turks. A music-hall song of that time was all the age and its refrain looks like this ~We don`t want to fight, but, by Jingo, if we do we`ve got the ships,, we`ve got the men, and got the money too. This became the battle-cry of the anti-Russians and war-mongers who were nick-named Jingoes. From then on, Jingo became a synonym for a vehement, bellicose patriot, and Jingonism for aggressive Imperialism or nationalism. From Words with a story, Collins Westminster Dictionary, p. 155